Smriti Mandhana celebrates new record in WODIs during Women’s World Cup 2025

subhradeep-choudhury — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:59:26 GMT

Smriti Mandhana celebrates new record in WODIs.

The left-handed opening batter of the Indian side, Smriti Mandhana, has celebrated another massive record during their penultimate clash of the Women’s World Cup 2025 in the group stage against New Zealand at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. She came into the clash with a superb touch, with two half-centuries with the bat against Australia and England.

Even though Mandhana was in good touch, this clash was very important for the Indian women from the perspective of getting a chance to make it to the semifinal stage of the tournament. In the last game, the batters couldn’t seize the momentum towards the end of the fixtures and put incredible pressure on themselves to fall short of the target.

Mandhana has now become the highest run-scorer among the opening batters in women’s ODI history as she surpassed Suzie Bates’ tally of 5088 runs in 20 fewer innings. The Kiwi batter has smacked 5088 runs in 133 innings, while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt is third on the list with 4921 runs in 115 innings.

Smriti Mandhana becomes highest run-scorer as opener in Women’s ODI history

Mandhana has been excellent in the ongoing 50-over series. The left-handed batter advanced down to get the short ball from Rosemary Mair and nailed the pull over the mid-wicket region for a boundary before punishing the leg-side delivery to get it past the wicket-keeper for the same result.

Mandhana and Pratika Rawal celebrated their second 150+ run stand in the Women’s World Cup, which has now matched the two records of the Australian sides in 1997 and 200 by Belinda Clark and Lis Keightley, while in 2022, Rachael Haynes and Alyssa Healy celebrated the record 2022. They both recorded their respective fifties of the innings and shouldered them to 170/0 in 28 overs.

Madhana has scored 90 runs in 79 deliveries at a strike rate of 113.92 with the help of nine boundaries and three over boundaries, while Pratika has collected 75 runs in 92 balls with the help of 11 boundaries at a strike rate of 81.52.